Pagina's

zondag 31 mei 2015

Alterations

Been a busy little bee with all sorts of sewingprojects - making a backpack for the shop (almost finished), sewing curtains for a boat, fixing grandma's coverlet and working on a giant 9metre cross-stitched collage at work. And I've been busy with a couple of repairs and alterations for some customers; so much fun to make them happy with sometimes a pretty simple adjustment.

I got no before-pic (lesson learned), but I shortened the sleeves of these two blouses. They were full-length - now they're 3/4th. I used the original sleeves' cuffs to make the little straps that hold the sleeves up at elbow-height.

...so I put in an extra piece of lining to be able to have a nice and clean finish. And this way I could reinforce it a bit and give it just a little extra space to move. Most of it is hand sewn, which takes more time but I always enjoy it.

The sleeve cap was too wide, so it didn't sit quite right on the customer. So I made a little dart, which you can barely see, which is good. It was my first time ever to put a dart in this particular spot.